The Annual MDS Bright Awards!
The Bright Awards are back for 2022! The Bright Awards are a celebration of secondary school students across Aotearoa who are bringing their creative craft to life.
For five years, the Bright Awards have provide an opportunity for creatives to showcase their hard work and support the first step towards carving a place for themselves in the industry. Media Design School wants to continue providing a creative outlet to help young creatives prove to themselves that they have what it takes to make a career out of what they love, and the means to reach those goals.
As a winner of a Bright Award from one of the categories, you will not only be recognised as one of New Zealand’s top young creative-talents-to-watch, you will also earn $1000 for yourself and $3000 for your school, with your school having the chance to earn the 'Bright School of the Year Award'.
Time to pull out all the stops, and show us what you create!
Entries open to Year 12 and Year 13 High School Students until Friday 7th October
Entry categories:

Celebrating 5 years of rewarding creativity in high schools around NZ
Graphic Design
Photography
Games
Animation
“Stories spark imagination. Imagination ignites creativity.”
Web and Interactive
How to enter:
Please create a folder titled as following: FIRSTNAME_LASTNAME _SCHOOLNAME_CATEGORY.
In the folder you should provide your image/PDF or video files, or a link online where the judges can look at your work. Please also include a Word document with a short explanation of what your work represents, its inspiration and anything else you feel you would like to share about your entry (max. 300 words) and please also include your name, name of your school, and contact details (email address, phone number).
Once you have made your folder and have added your work, or a link to your work and your personal statement – you can then share your folder with us to submit! Click the category you want to enter and then drag-and-drop your folder to upload it to our server.
Submit here for: ANIMATION
Submit here for: GAME DEVELOPMENT
Submit here for: GRAPHIC DESIGN
Submit here for: PHOTOGRAPHY
Submit here for: WEB & INTERACTIVE (UI/UX)
Entries close on Friday 7th October!